This year, the Big Maaskant Award is awarded to a collective of scientists, government bodies, businesses, and societal actors behind the NL2120 project. NL2120 offers an inspiring vision for the climate-adaptive, nature-inclusive, and carbon-neutral spatial planning of the Netherlands.

The jury of the Big Maaskant Award awards the prize to the NL2120 collective for the manner in which it develops a sound spatial future vision and pursues it in regional projects. The collective pools knowledge, policy, and entrepreneurship to shape urgent spatial transitions. It demonstrates that structuring complex collaborations is essential for this, thereby marking the beginning of a new planning, urban design, and architectural era. The collective receives the Big Maaskant Award as both a reward and an encouragement for this approach.